The PGA Tour’s official social media account took a cheeky shot at Justin Thomas on the eve of the Ryder Cup in a now-deleted put up.
Staff USA captain Zach Johnson elected to decide on Thomas with considered one of his six picks for the Ryder Cup in an extremely daring determination.
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Thomas had misfired terribly and suffered his worst-ever season on the PGA Tour.
Because of his poor marketing campaign, the 30-year-old additionally missed the minimize for the FedEx Playoffs for the primary time in his profession.
Regardless of his dismal kind, Johnson named Thomas in his Ryder Cup staff as considered one of his six captain’s picks within the 12-man staff alongside Brooks Koepka, Jordan Spieth, Collin Morikawa, Rickie Fowler and Sam Burns.
Nevertheless, Thomas’ spectacular 6-2-1 document within the Ryder Cup was a main purpose behind his inclusion.
It didn’t cease the PGA Tour’s official account on X, previously generally known as Twitter, from poking enjoyable on the scenario.
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The put up was up for plenty of hours and gained over 300k views earlier than it was deleted.
Thomas was named within the American staff forward of the likes of Keegan Bradley, who received two tournaments together with a record-setting efficiency on the Vacationers Championship in June.
Bradley tried to get nearer to the internal circle of gamers on Staff USA however in the end he nonetheless felt like “an outsider” having copped the brutal Ryder Cup snub.
“I really feel like transferring ahead I’m going to need to routinely qualify for the Ryder Cup … I’m pulling for the U.S. staff,” Bradley informed Golf Channel’s Tom Lewis in August.
The Ryder Cup might be contested on the Marco Simone Golf and Nation Membership in Rome, Italy and commences on September 29.